Boots Riley
- Directing
- April 1, 1971 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography
Raymond Lawrence 'Boots' Riley (born April 1, 1971) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, rapper, and communist activist. He is the lead vocalist of The Coup and Street Sweeper Social Club. He made his feature-film directorial debut with Sorry to Bother You (released July 2018), which he also wrote. In 2023, the streaming series I'm a Virgo premiered on Prime Video, which Riley wrote and directed.
Known for
Filmography
- I Love Boosters · Director, Writer
- The Last Critic
- Hollywood Black · Self
- Fremont · Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
- I'm a Virgo · Writer, Director
- I'm Charlie Walker · Bartender Ray
- When I See Them, I See Us
- Sorry to Bother You · Director, Music
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter · Self
- Rope a Dope 2 · Mayor
- 99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film · Self
- First Earth: Uncompromising Ecological Architecture
- In Prison My Whole Life · Self
- The Coup: The Best Coup DVD Ever · Self, Director
- Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme · Self
- The Daily Show · Self
- Aliens in Eritea · Producer
- Mr. Burns · Director, Writer